Friday, November 30, 2012

Yes it will go boom...

Yes I will be blowing this up. For my final in computer animation I have to blow up a scene. Instead of using my Bar model, I decided to use a whole new scene because my bar model is so complex. Here is the simple room model I came up with.

I still have to model a few chairs, and the surprise that is going to come barreling through the window.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Something simple and appley...

For my anthropology class we were required to create a family tree. I'm not too close to a lot of my family so I kept mine very simple with just first cousins. A lot of my cousins are 25+ years old and are married and have kids so I tried to used different elements to describe different type of family member, i.e. apples as cousins.

This was a very quick piece, but even so it was good photoshop practice. I am however very proud of my decaying apple and leaves.

Monday, November 26, 2012

I Have Everything "Reelized"...

So this week I concentrated on figuring out the texture and beginning to rig my film strip for animating. I also played around with lighting and creating the text for my name.

When I was texturing the film strip, I kept running into a problem with the transparency. I couldn't get the alpha to work in the transparency plug-in in the Mia Material X, because in this material the alpha needs to be plugged into the Cutout Opacity. When I figured this out I didn't have any problems with the transparency.

This is before I figured out the problem

This is after I figured out the texture

After I figured out the texture I began rigging the film strip. I decided I am going to use the rigging for the first half of the short and then use blend objects for the part when the film strip turns into an "s" shape.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Finished Modeling...

This week I finished modeling the film canister, and played around with the film strip texture. How I went about modeling the canister was working from a a plane rather than a box like I normally do.

Finished plane of the canister shape

Another Progress shot

Canister with cleaned up geometry

I'm feeling really good about this model, this reminded me just how much I do enjoy modeling. I'm exited for this whole project and to start experimenting with blend shapes, rigging, and just 3D animating in general.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race...

I finished my music video using Final Cut Pro X. The song is This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race by Fall Out boy. I'd like to give a special thanks to my actors: Melissa Freeman, Kevin Harkness, and Brianna Parish.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Have a lot of projects going on...

Okay so finals are closing in, and I have a lot of projects to do and to start! I decided to create a post dedicated to all the different projects I am currently working on. I also created a timeline for the final weeks of this semester.

Monday, November 12, 2012

FINALS ARE COMING..

For my final project in Design For Media, I would like to do a short 10+ second 3D animation. Since I want to do something so short, I decided a animation for my name. I was inspired by Pixar's lamp animation, and how the lamp is part of the word.

So I decided I want to do a classic movie real as the object i want to play around with. I chose a movie reel because I want something that can turn into an "S" and be descriptive of what I do and who I am as an artist. It is a littler predictable, but it is the perfect object for this project.

I also did a simple storyboard for the short, giving an idea of what I want the short to look like.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Coming to a blog near you...

Alright, I am currently editing a music video for the song: "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy. We took a whole day of filming, and I need to get all the edits done by Wednesday. Today, I got really into the editing, and it looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself. It helps when you have great actors: Brianna Parrish, Kevin Harkness, and Melissa Freeman, THANK YOU!

Continued lighting...

I tested out the final gather on some different shots, and I really liked the effect it had on my shots. Also I finally textured the lamp I had been neglecting. I messed around with the neon signs trying to get the right color and illumination.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Yes Totoro....

For Halloween my mother, Azile Mescher, and I created my Totoro costume. It took many man hours and attempts to make him. Also to be honest my mother did a lot of the work, because she can sew and I cannot. ANND without further-a-do here is Totoro!

Monday, November 5, 2012

We talked about lighting today in class, so I messed around with it. This of course is just me getting the hang of lighting and seeing what it will do to my model. And let me say, I love what it did to the bar. Just the little lighting makes the bar have so much more life.

We have to do 5 different lighting situations for this assignment, so I'm thinking I'll do a natural lighting, night lighting, creepy lighting, and studio lighting.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Yes we are on our final week! We got a lot done in a little time. Everyone on this project should be proud of the progress they made, and the short we have! Currently the film is going through editing and final touches. Tuesday, for the class we are having a pre-screening of what is done of the final film, and to get final comments from everyone.

As a personal contribution to the project, I sent out emails like always and made the credit list. I also filled everything out for film festival submissions. For both Flicks Film Festival, Columbus Film Festival and any other film festival we want to enter.

For the film festival entry information, I used temporary pictures until we have our meeting to decide on our final poster and banner. Also on what would be the best screen shots to use.

Don't forget to check out the project's blog, to see the final video when it is finished!